‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch’s Father Arrested For Impersonating A Police Officer
The father of Ethan Couch was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly impersonating a police officer. Ethan Couch was the teenager who last year was given probation after killing four people and injuring two others in a car accident while drunk driving. His defense was that he had “Affluenza” which allegedly affects children from wealthy families who have a sense of entitlement.
[su_center_ad]Frederick Anthony Couch was taken into custody in Texas shortly before 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday by North Richland Hills police.
According to KDFW, Police officers discovered Fred Couch while responding to an early morning incident on July 28. Officers found Couch at the scene and told North Richland Hills police he was a reserve officer with the City of Lakeside.
When police spoke with Couch again, he reiterated he was a reserve officer and had his “police stuff” in his car.
“He kept putting his hands in his pocket, and that has a tendency to make officers nervous they don’t know what your intentions are,” Keith Bauman with the North Richland Hills Police Department said.
As it happens, one of the officers had worked at the Lakeside Police Department.
Fred Couch produced a wallet that contained what appeared to be a police badge and ID card and was allowed to leave.
But the North Richland Hills officer who was familiar with the Lakeside PD didn’t recognize the badge, and an investigation into Couch’s claims ensued by officers.
The police discovered that Couch was not a Lakeside officer and has never been a licensed officer in the state of Texas.
According to KDFW, Fred Couch has been officially charged with False Identification as a Police Officer: Misrepresentation of Property and his bond was set at $2,500.
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crc3 August 20th, 2014 at 10:16 am
“He kept putting his hands in his pocket, and that has a tendency to make officers nervous they don’t know what your intentions are,”
If Couch was black he probably would have been shot…
Khary A August 20th, 2014 at 10:52 am
You took the words right out of my mouth.
John_St_John August 20th, 2014 at 11:21 am
No if about it.
whatthe46 August 20th, 2014 at 5:54 pm
you nailed it.
crc3 August 20th, 2014 at 10:21 am
“Fred Couch has been officially charged with False Identification as a Police Officer: Misrepresentation of Property and his bond was set at $2,500.”
A black or Hispanic’s bond would probably be $25K+. This affluenza stuff is total crap!
MIAtheistGal August 20th, 2014 at 10:27 am
Will affluenza be the defense here too?
crc3 August 20th, 2014 at 10:33 am
Looks like it just because of a measly $2.5K bond. I see it as just a formality because the guy is rich and that amount of money means nothing to him…
MIAtheistGal August 20th, 2014 at 11:38 am
He who has money gets ‘justice’ all others go to jail.
tiredoftea August 20th, 2014 at 12:06 pm
That, or depression over his wrongly incarcerated son!
whatthe46 August 20th, 2014 at 5:53 pm
what incarcerated son? he never spent a day serving justice in jail.
Denise August 20th, 2014 at 11:38 am
Surely he received bullets to his eye, head, and lower torso, because impersonating an officer should require that, if not more. After all, if a young black male is murdered for jaywalking, a white, rich man should be murdered for his misdeed.
What, the white man wasn’t shot? Knock me over with a feather!
Budda August 20th, 2014 at 11:43 am
It would appear the entire family might have ‘issues’.
raincheck August 20th, 2014 at 11:45 am
“Ethan Couch was the teenager who last year was given probation after
killing four people and injuring two others in a car accident while
drunk driving” WELL… This should prove in his mind that he does have a sense of entitlement… poor rich kid!
mea_mark August 20th, 2014 at 12:53 pm
He sure sounds like a con-artist. I wonder how many people he has lied to. How reputable is his business really?
Suzanne McFly August 20th, 2014 at 3:15 pm
Well I wasn’t expecting a fine upstanding citizen to be the father of a spoiled brat who killed four people and claim he was too rich to know better.